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2006-08-03 16:15:20
Time Warner Outlines Plan to Revive AOL
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By JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: August 2, 2006
Time Warner said it earned $1 billion in the second quarter as growth in its cable television business and Internet advertising offset a drop in subscriptions to its AOL online service.
With subscriptions falling, the media conglomerate today released details of its plan to give away AOL software and e-mail accounts for free. The move is the latest attempt to revive the struggling Internet provider as it faces intense competitive pressure from rivals like Google and Yahoo that offer similar free services at no charge.
[jeffshia试译文]
时代华纳计划复兴AOL
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: August 2, 2006
时代华纳称，由于他们的有线电视以及网络广告的增长抵消掉了一部分来自AOL在线服务订阅的降低，他们在第二季度的营收为10亿美元。随着订阅的下降，这个媒体巨头发布了他们的计划的细节，这些细节包括发放免费的AOL软件以及免费的e-mail帐户。这是用来复活AOL的最新举措，这些举措是由于这个网络服务提供商面临一些强大的压力，这些压力来自竞争对手Google和Yahoo，这些对手提供和他们相似的服务，但是不收取费用。
<--- 牛津现代英汉双解词典 --->
subscription
/ sEb5skrIpFn; sEb`skrIpFEn/ n 1 [U] subscribing or being subscribed 认捐; 捐助; 订阅; 订购; 签字; 签署: a monument paid for by public subscription 由各界捐款建立的纪念碑. 2 [C] (a) sum of money subscribed 捐款; 订阅费; 订购款; 认捐额; 认购额: a 5 subscription to charity 向慈善事业提供的5英镑的捐款. (b) fee for membership of a club, etc （俱乐部等的）会员费: renew one's annual subscription 继续缴纳年度会费.
<--- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English --->
subscription
n
1 [U and C] an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive copies of a newspaper or magazine, or receive a service, or the act of paying money for this: subscription to// --Are you interested in taking out a subscription to Newsweek (=arranging to buy it on a regular basis) ?// --You may cancel your subscription at any time.// --I've decided not to renew my subscription .//
2 [U and C] BrE an amount of money you pay regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work, or the act of paying money for this: subscription to// --a subscription to Amnesty International//
3 [U] when people in a country or place give money in order to pay for something to be done: --The church's 120 foot gothic spire was paid for by public subscription in 1939.//
conglomerate
v. 集聚成团,(英) v. 集聚成团 (to form into a rounded compact mass) ////(记) con＋glomer(球globe)＋ate→成为一球→集聚 ////(同) 同根词：agglomerate(使凝聚) ////(例) Everyone conglomerated around me to hear the gossip. ////
<--- 牛津现代英汉双解词典 --->
conglomerate
/ kEn5glCmErEt; kEn`^lBmErIt/ n 1 materials gathered together into a rounded mass （聚集成团的）聚合物. 2 rock made of small stones held together by cement, dried clay, etc （由小石块用水泥、 泥等粘结而成的）岩块. 3 (commerce 商) large corporation formed by merging several different firms （通过合并若干企业而组建的）大公司, 企业集团: a mining, chemical, etc conglomerate 矿业、 化工等企业集团.
media conglomerate 媒介企业集团
| 中国出版业呼唤出版家第一是“媒介企业集团”（Media Conglomerate），第二是专业的媒介购买公司（Media Buying Network）。 ... 资料来源：《MEDIA MAP1996》对欧洲“Media Conglomerate” 媒介经营排序统计）. 专业媒介购买公司（Media Buying Network或Media House） ... - 25k - 补充材料 - 传媒学术网- 学术期刊而目前，Media Conglomerate和Media Buying Network这两个不容小觑的“媒介怪物”也已在 中国登陆，正对中国媒介产业制造着巨大的冲击波。更进一步考虑，国际上的许多大型集团 公司，都在进行跨行业的多元经营，像微软公司，它并非仅仅在电脑行业发展，同时也 ... |
revive
v. (使) 苏醒；(使) 复兴 记法 1: revive→re(=again重新)+vive(=to live活)→使重新活过来→使苏醒 : revival(n. 复兴，复活)，vivid(a. 生动的，活泼的)
<--- 牛津现代英汉双解词典 --->
provider
n person who provides, esp one who supports a family 供应者; 提供者; （尤指）维持家庭生计者: The eldest son is the family's only provider. 那长子是唯一挣钱养家的人.
<--- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English --->
provider
n [C]
1 a company or person that provides a service: --an Internet service provider//
2 someone who supports a family: --A widow, she is the sole provider (=the only one) for her family.//
| isp什么意思啊？ ISP( Internet Server Provider，Internet服务提供商)就是为用户提供Internet接人和(或)Internet信息服务的公司和机构。前者又称为IAP(Internet Access Provider, Internet 接人提供商)，后者又称为ICP(Internet Content Provider，Internet内容提供商)。由... PANDABOY - 2005-7-22 14:27 - 最佳回答者: 格拉斯 - 电脑/数码 > 软件 |
<--- 朗道英汉字典5.0 --->
give away
分发, 放弃, 泄露, 出卖, 丧失
<--- XDICT英汉辞典 --->
at no charge
免费,不花钱地
这里值得商榷的是(我的感觉):
1.earn是纯利润还是营收?
2.offset翻译成"抵消"还是"补偿"？
3.最后一个长句的断句。
